Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-02-04
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1887

gentleman from Fall River referred to th o
Hot Springs in Arkansas.
7 Mr.. STEWART said he referred to the
Hot Springs of Dakota.
consideration Of the amend ment, ana
moved that the rules be suspended and the
bill put upon its final passage.
The motion prevailed and the bill passed
ayes, AZ; nays, 1. SRI 35t I. 'szs
No. 81. Reported favorably by the ju-
dietary committee. Repeating the usury
law. S3&=. 45s.55
MI. ELLIOTT moved to lay the bill on
the table. He did not think the present
law good one, but it is better than none.
The motion was lost.
Mr.. MALLORY said the law as it stoo
is dead letter because it is evaded. But
whether evaded or not it is a shame and
that would not send money here because
they could not loan it here without be-
coming criminals under this law. He be-
ieved the law as it stood was one cause of
the high rate of interest, and that for the
benefit Of the farmers. and the borrowing
classes generally, it should be repealed.
object to the repeal of the law, but he
wanted its repeal to be followed by the
substitution of something better.
Mr.. WARD favored repeal. .-.......
Mr.. PATTEN, of Miner, opposed repeal.
He thought the claim that the law was a
dead letter could not be sustained.
Mr.. SULLIVAN thought the law had
been beneficial. 1t had not, to be sure,
been in all cases enforced, but he knew of
instances where its effect had been salutary
in preventing money sharks from grinding
'he e, !aGTH NJEM11HTp " Ny Rooi; ;sa sn ~, ~,
league. He thought money was worth in
the markets of the world Just what it
would bring. He thought the law Of sup.
ply and demand would have to regulate
this question, and that all usury laws,
when you got down to the real facts, were
humbugS. He believed the way to make
money cheap was to open the gates to its
free admission.
M. SHOOK believed money was plenti-
full enough in Dakota, at IL per cent. He
did not think the law would prevent capi-
talists from coming here. The men wh)
are charging and receiving usurious inter-
est are not the capitalists who own the
money. but their agents who live here and
handle it. He believed the law should
stand.
Mr.. AIKENS believed that if the act of
receiving IL per cent. interest was a crime,
the man who agreed to pay it was a crimi-
nal as we'll aS the MIN who received it.
luefe coutu hoI De an asleeuleuC W cou-
init crime in which only one of the par
ties to the agreement would be guilty of
wrong. He thought a statute which made
such thing possible should not be permit
ted to remain upon the statute books.
The discussion was continued at some
length by Messrs. Hawk, Ruggles and
Burnham, and the roll being called upon
the passage of the bill, there were ayes, 80;
nays, 10; so the bill passed.
GENERAL ORDERS.
On motion the house went into commit
tee of the whole, Mr.. HAWK in the chair,
on general orders, and took up house bill
No. II, which was reported by the judic-
iary committee with an amendment in the
form of substitute, and with recommen-
dation that the substitute do pass.
Mr.. MENTZER moved that the amend
ment of the committee be adopted, and the
bill was recommended to pass. The mo-
ton prevailed.
No.7. Reported by the committee on
amending section q, chapter 40 of the
special laws of the fifteenth general as
sembly.
Mr.. FELLOWS moved to amend by ad-
ding section repeating acts or parts of
acts inconsistent Herewith.
The amendment was adopted, and mo-
tion that the committee recommend to the
house the passage of the bill prevailed.
No. T. Relating to road overseers return
ing tax lists.
Mr.. DODDS moved to amend by adding
a repeating clause, which was adopted,
and the committee was then instructed to
report the bill to the house for passage.
No. 81. Providing for the printing OF the
governors message in the Scandinavian
and (1arman Languages.
Mr.. STEWART. of Walsh, moved to
amend by adding 1000 copies in the Bohe-
mian and Polish languages.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, Of Burleigh, moved to
amend by inserting 100000 in the French
Mr.. JONES wished to add 10000 in the
Indian language, as there we're quite a
number of that race in the territory.
Mr.. STEW ART, of Walsh, wished to add
to his amendment 1000 copies in Irish.
Mr.. BURNHAM moved that when the
committee rise it report to the house rec
postponed The motion prevailed.
No. 81. Reported back from the judic-
iary committee with an amendment. Re-
lating to the killing or injuring of stock on
the tracks of railway companies.
The amendment was adopted, and mo-
ton to report the bill to the house for pas
sage prevailed.
The committee then arose and made it's
report and the report was adopted.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, Of Burleigh, asked
unanimous consent that the rules be sus-
pended and the joint rules taken from the
table.
Mr.. Jones objected and the motion was
withdrawn.
The house then adjourned.
House Bills Explained.
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